DOL/ESA-42

SYSTEM NAME:

Case Registration/Investigator Assignment Form; in the Wage and Hour Investigative Support and Reporting Database (WHISARD).

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Wage and Hour National Office (NO), Regional Offices(RO), and District Offices (DO); see the Appendix of this document for addresses.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

Wage and Hour Investigators

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Records containing name and address, case investigation number, investigation program, investigating office, prior history of investigations, and investigating officer.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301.

PURPOSE(S):

To provide Wage and Hour DOs with a record of employers currently undergoing investigation by Wage and Hour within the jurisdiction of that particular DO. Used to record the initial scheduling of an investigation, assignment to an Investigator and subsequent actions.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

None, except for those universal routine uses listed in the General Prefatory Statement to this document.

DISCLOSURE OF CONSUMER REPORT AGENCIES:

None.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Maintained in the DOL NO in electronic file Database.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By name of employer, by North American Industrial Code (NAIC) and/or Employer Identification Number (EIN).

SAFEGUARDS:

Only authorized personnel have access to files. Files locked in office at close of business day. Electronic file protected by password.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Printed investigation forms generated by the WHISARD system will be retained in the investigative files of Wage and Hour District Offices (see Records Disposal Schedule #NN-168-43, items 1a and 1b.) Database information will be captured on tape at the end of each fiscal year and will be retained for 25 years.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Room S-3502, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

Individuals wishing to make inquiries regarding this system should contact the system manager, or the regional office servicing the state where they are employed (see list of the regional office addresses in the Appendix of this document).

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals wishing to request access to these records should contact the appropriate office listed in the Appendix.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Individuals wishing to contest or amend any nonexempt records should direct their request to the disclosure officer listed in the Appendix. In addition, the request should state clearly and concisely what information is being contested, the reason for contesting it, and the proposed amendment sought for the information.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Complainants, employers, and Wage and Hour personnel.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), investigatory material in this system of records compiled for law enforcement purposes is exempt from subsections (c)(3); (d); (e)(1); (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I); and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a provided however, that if any individual is denied any right, privilege, or benefit that he or she would otherwise be entitled to by Federal law, or for which he or she would otherwise be eligible, as a result of the maintenance of these records, such material shall be provided to the individual, except to the extent that the disclosure of such material would reveal the identity of a source who furnished information to the Government under an express promise that the identity of the source would be held in confidence.